Monthly Archives: June 2010

PACT Act to take effect at the end of this month

Yeah, that’s right, Barry Obama signed the PACT Act (Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking) earlier this year and it’s set to go into effect at the end of this month. What happened to not taxing anybody making less than $200k? The … Continue reading

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Apple and AT&T servers back up; iPhone 4s now shipping for July 2nd

If you’re like me you spent a great deal of yesterday screaming at your computer as the Apple store crashed and hung, and then AT&T crashed and hung, while you were trying to get ahold of an iPhone 4. The … Continue reading

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Review: Tiger Woods PGA Tour ’11 for the PS3

I’m not going to spend a lot of time explaining how Tiger works in general, because I have to get to this year’s changes, but to sum up: You use an analog stick to “swing” at the ball, you can … Continue reading

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Split/Second: Velocity Review for the PC

Adding the “Velocity” to the originally named Split/Second title is sort of redundant. Let’s get that out of the way. It’s like Rockstar naming something “Grand Theft Auto: Shoot People”. Because the game is full of speed. Lots of speed. … Continue reading

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IPhone 4 specs are out; pre-order date and shipping date.

The new iPhone features the highest resolution of any smartphone, longer battery life, and a thinner new look. It releases on June 24th and you can start pre-ordering it on June 15th. $199 for the 32 gig model, $299 for … Continue reading

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Google Chrome hanging and/or freezing on a blank page? Try this.

Recently, I had Google Chrome go down for the count on me for a little while. Uninstalling and reinstalling didn’t help. It turned out I had a rootkit hack on my system that specifically targets Google Chrome. If you’re having … Continue reading

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